diff --git a/package/collectd/collectd.mk b/package/collectd/collectd.mk
index 50a2e53efa..28c1b31e09 100644
--- a/package/collectd/collectd.mk
+++ b/package/collectd/collectd.mk
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MYSQL),y)
 COLLECTD_CONF_OPTS += --with-libmysql=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
 endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_NETSNMP),y)
-COLLECTD_CONF_OPTS += --with-libnetsnmp=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/net-snmp-config
+COLLECTD_CONF_OPTS += --with-libnetsnmp=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
 endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_POSTGRESQL),y)
 COLLECTD_CONF_OPTS += --with-libpq=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/pg_config